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nearly one and one-half times the length of first (1.4) ; hind til)ia longer 

 than the tarsi, first tarsal joint slightly longer than the other two 

 together. Tegmina reaching to the base of pygophor. 



Green to yellowish brown in fresh specimens, the green turning yel- 

 lowish and the yellow turning reddish in old specimens ; infuscate be- 

 tween carinae of head, on pleura, coxae and over most of the abdomen. 

 Tegmina hyaline, yellowish or greenish, veins concolorous with membrane 

 with a few small granules bearing black hairs, a small dark mark at the 

 apex of clavus and another at the apex of costal cell. 



Genitalia figured (figs. Xos. 3, 4). The armature on the diaphragm 

 below the aedeagus is produced into two curved spines ; anal spines small, 

 wide apart. 



Length 2.5 mm.; tegmen 1.5 mm. 



$ Similar to male but the average color is lighter, some specimens 

 being with little or no infuscation. 



EXPLAXATIOX OF FlGURES. 



Figure 1. Nesostjdnc cyrtandricola, full view of pygophor. 



2. N. cyrtandricola, lateral view of aedeagus. 



3. N. phyllostegiae, full view of pygophor. 



4. N. pliyllostec/iae, lateral view of aedeagus. 



Hab. Puuwaawaa, Xorth Koiia, Hawaii, :1700 feet eleva- 

 tion; a long series of both sexes and young feeding on Pln/JJos- 

 tegia racemosa Benth. (W. M. Giffard). There are two fairly 

 distinct series including both sexes, one with the ground color 

 light green, the other light brown or yellow. The aedeagus 

 shows relationship to N. cyrtandrae but the genital styles are 

 quite distinct. Type deposited in the collection of the H. S. 

 P. A. Experiment Station. 



